Not signed by the U.S.: the Paris declaration contains no commitments from Washington to support peacekeepers in Ukraine

A phrase stating that the United States would be obligated to support multinational forces in Ukraine in the event of a renewed Russian invasion was removed from the final text of the declaration approved after the “coalition of the willing” meeting in Paris on January 6. In addition, the United States did not sign the declaration.

This was reported by the outlet European Pravda, citing a draft of the document and information from an official in the French president’s administration.

The outlet writes that if you compare the draft text of the Paris declaration with the final version, the latter differs in that the paragraph on the multinational coalition forces no longer mentions any U.S. commitment to support them if Russia violates the ceasefire agreement.

In the draft statement that European Pravda reviewed before the “coalition of the resolute” meeting began on January 6, it said the multinational forces “will be led by Europeans, with the involvement of non-European members of the coalition and with U.S. participation, including U.S. capabilities such as intelligence and logistics, with a commitment from the Pentagon to support these forces in the event of an attack.”

The final version of the Paris declaration says that the multinational forces “will be led by Europeans, with the involvement of non-European members of the coalition and with proposed support from the United States.”

Earlier, the UK and France said they would not deploy their troops to Ukraine unless they received U.S. guarantees of military support in the event of an attack by Russia.